Tattoo lands Man Utd man in trouble The Emirates Stadium side missed out on Champions League football as they had to settle for fifth place. Wenger recently claimed that the ongoing speculation over his role at the club had affected the team, but Mertesacker feels the players should take responsibility. “I think we players, we did not care too much what happens to the manager next year,” said the centre-back....

Bush himself signaled the shift in tactics when he told reporters he had been “hammered” by Buchanan and the Democrats in New Hampshire. Now, he said, it was “a new ball game” and he was debating how “gentle” he would be. In fact, early exit polling from New Hampshire touched off something close to panic within the Bush campaign, and the debate echoed through the week. Hard-liners urged Bush to go negative against Buchanan in the upcoming Southern primaries, much as he did against Sen....

Messi 10/3 to be CL top scorer Messi was the leading vote-getter in the team that was selected by 26,622 players from 71 countries in a vote organized by FIFPro, the world’s player union. Ronaldo, who won FIFA’s Men’s Player of the Year award, was among five Real Madrid players named to the side, as the Blancos unsurprisingly dominated the team after winning La Liga and the Champions League in 2016-17....

The Barcelona forward had been banned from playing in their subsequent qualifier against Bolivia, which the World Cup 2014 finalists lost. “The FIFA Appeal Committee has upheld the appeal lodged by the Argentinian Football Association, on behalf of the player Lionel Messi, against the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, lifting the sanctions imposed on him as a result,” FIFA said in a statement on Friday. “Following a hearing which took place in Zurich on 4 May 2017, the Appeal Committee has set aside the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on March 28 2017, which, in application of art....

Neymar breaks Messi’s assist record The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been the very pinnacle of football for many years and is not slowing down, having scored 39 goals in 38 appearances in all competitions this season. Domenech, though, believes that he has seen signs of a superstar on the wane, with Messi aided by the efforts of others as Barca pulled off a miraculous 6-1 win over PSG to reverse their 4-0 deficit from the first-leg and book their place in the quarter-finals....

The Argentine superstar was the only one of the club’s three superstars available to face a Lorient team that sits second from bottom in Ligue 1. With Neymar out injured and Kylian Mbappe suspended, it was on Messi to carry the load, but his PSG team struggled in a 1-1 road draw with the equalizer only coming in stoppage time. Messi lined up in the PSG attack alongside compatriots Angel Di Maria and Mauro Icardi, but the Ligue 1 bout against 16th-placed Lorient proved anything but simple....

The legs and feet are the principal tools used by footballers so they are the body parts most at risk and the metatarsal bones in the feet can be particularly vulnerable. Plenty of footballers have suffered and will suffer a metatarsal issue during their careers. Goal brings you all you need to know about it. WHAT IS A METATARSAL INJURY? The metatarsal bones are a group of five bones that are found in the foot....

Methocarbamol affects the central nervous system (your brain and spinal cord) to relax your skeletal muscles (the muscles you can use voluntarily). It doesn’t affect the muscles that work involuntarily, such as the ones that move food through your gastrointestinal tract. Scientists don’t completely understand exactly how methocarbamol works. Methocarbamol is also called an antispasmodic. Antispasmodic drugs interrupt pain signaling between the muscle and the brain, which helps reduce muscle spasms and pain....

The team has not put a potential timetable on Wright’s return, but MLB.com notes that other players with similar issues have needed at least three months to recover. MORE: Memorable Mets moments Wright has been on the disabled list since June 3, but the team’s medical staff hasn’t been able to find a non-surgical solution to the pain. “My neck simply did not respond to any of the treatments of the past few weeks,” Wright said in a statement, adding that the injury is “incredibly frustrating and disappointing....

Harvey had dominated the Nationals with six innings of four-hit shutout ball in his first start back from Tommy John surgery, but that was in Washington. The ace’s return to Queens brought the kind of atmosphere that has not been present here since the new ballpark opened in 2009. The crowd of 39,489 was the largest for a Mets home game on a Tuesday in April since the final home opener at Shea Stadium....

“It was the best decision for my future and my family,” Edgin said (via Mets website). “The Mets stood behind me 100 percent. I’m disappointed, because we have a heck of a team. My mindset is to be ready to go on Opening Day, 2016.” Edgin was something of a breakout last season for the Mets, posting a 1.32 ERA in 27 1/3 innings (47 appearances) with 28 strikeouts....

All El Tri needs to do is beat Curacao. That may not seem difficult as Curacao is not one of the giants of the sport. But as both coaches said in the news conferences the day before the game, the Caribbean side has nothing to lose. It’s been a while since Mexico has put a goleada on a team — putting up a big number and keeping a clean sheet....

Also included were Porto duo Hector Herrera and Diego Reyes, as well as Ajaccio goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and Bayer Leverkusen's Andres Guardado, but Villarreal’s Javier Aquino missed out, despite having a good debut season in La Liga. Versatile veteran Carlos Salcido was a surprise inclusion and returns to the set-up having not previously been picked by Herrera. In the goalkeeping position, Moises Munoz was cut, leaving Alfredo Talavera, Jesus Corona and Ochoa to battle it out for the No....

Miguel Herrera announced his squad on Friday, with few real surprises among the 23 names, partly due to the lists that filtered through to the domestic press during the week, but also because the core of the coach’s thinking could be deducted from previous friendlies. The overriding take from the squad list is that there is a healthy balance. MORE: Sporting News predicts Mexico’s starting XI | El Tri’s full roster...

That’s the curious line Mexico is trying to walk ahead of its second World Cup group match. After an historic triumph over the reigning champions, it now must avoid a letdown Saturday to clinch a spot in the next round of the tournament and make sure that victory didn’t go in vain. After the 1-0 win, Mexico players said that their belief that they could go toe-to-toe with Germany was key to springing the upset....

The Mexican government filed the suit in August. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said that in 2019, at least 17,000 homicides were linked to trafficked weapons. According to the Associated Press, the country’s officials estimate that 70 percent of weapons trafficked to Mexico came from the U.S. In the lawsuit, the government said that the companies not only knew that their practices were contributing to weapons trafficking in Mexico but were facilitating it....

The tournament favorites got off to a solid start by defeating El Salvador last week, with Elias Hernandez influential in their 3-1 victory. Gold Cup: Everything you need to know Jamaica rode their luck to defeat Curacao earlier on the same night, and while they had goalkeeper Andre Blake to thank for their 2-0 win they now have one foot in the quarterfinals. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the U....

Normally, a sub-.500 team working out a free agent who hasn’t played in over two years wouldn’t cause much of a reaction. But Leonard’s circumstances — and the manner in it was first reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania — warrants a closer look. Even if the Lakers don’t sign Leonard, this is about far more than a desperate team searching for on-court answers. Character concerns, free agency implications, off-the-court drama and yes, on-the-court issues all play a role....

Reacting to the Democratic presidential candidate’s defense of the late communist leader known for his authoritarian grip on the island nation, Reps. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) and Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) rebuked the White House hopeful. “I find Senator Bernie Sanders’ comments on Castro’s Cuba absolutely unacceptable,” Mucarsel-Powell wrote in a pair of tweets Monday morning. “The Castro regime murdered and jailed dissidents, and caused unspeakable harm to too many South Florida families,” she continued....